netdev - Re: sfc: an enumeration is not a bitmask

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Date:	Tue, 17 May 2011 14:57:03 -0400
From:	Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@...ox.com>
To:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
Cc:	bhutchings@...arflare.com, netdev@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: sfc: an enumeration is not a bitmask

2011/5/17 David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>:
> An enumeration is not a bitmask, instead it means one out of the set
> of enumerated values will be used.

It's a decade-old kernel practice to use 'enum' to define typed
constants, preferred over  macros that convey no type information and
disappear after cpp phase.

So your assertion about enumerations is demonstrably not true, as it
is often used in the kernel.  Call it enum abuse if you want, but it
is consistent with code all over the kernel.

That said, I agree that warnings should of course be addressed in some manner.

    Jeff
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